Search Results: Titles starting with T from Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: Contoura Press,, 2021.. Edition of 22. 8.5 x 11"; 32 (T.W.K. February, 1925) pages plus endsheets. Interior pages, altered T.W.K. (Trade with Klan) issue, printed on French Paper using a Risograph FR 3910. Cover wrapper and endsheets printed letterpress on a Vandercook Universal1. Numbered. Contoura Press: "'T.W.K. Monthly' is an examination of how the Ku Klux Klan's use of print media was a means to maintain and grow economic power in early 20th century Birmingham. In the book form, I make this argument by presenting my original research and including representations of the primary source documents. My method of reproducing an edition of a Klan-published newspaper removes any power the propaganda once had, and the object now serves to reveal the true intention of the newspaper and acts as a record of Klan affiliation. In taking this document from the archives and reproducing it in this manner, I aim to shed light on this history and use the power of my… Read More

Philadelphia, PA:: Alice Austin,, 2007.. Edition of 20. 4” x 6” closed; 16.5 x 9.8" open. Handset type printed on Twinrocker handmade paper with a Vandercook proof press. Illustrated with linoleum cuts on paste paper, which has been folded and attached to a wallet-style case. Additional pamphlet (5 x 3"; 3 leaves plus covers) laid into the folded paste paper. The wallet has been slipped into a hand-knit linen thread bag, evocative of a shroud. Housed in archival box with paper title on spine. Text by the artist. Alice Austin: “Tides is a book of memories both visual and poetic — a tribute to a loved one." And in a Podcast interview with Steve Miller, May 24, 2008: "[My] latest book is a memorial to my mother-in-law. I was having such a hard time grieving….So, I made the book in memory of her. That really helped me in the grieving process....It required dark blue paper ... which I then turned into a very dark blue paste paper. Imagery printed in… Read More

Gainesville, Florida:: Crooked Letter Press,, 2019.. Edition of 100 (1-53 Deluxe; 54-100 Standard). 4.625 x 5.75" folded. (12 x 18" flat). Single sheet book. Three linoleum cut prints. Printed from photopolymer plates. Written, designed, letterpress printed, and bound by Ellen Knudson. Signed and numbered by the artist. Deluxe: Printed on Okawara paper. Includes wrapper enclosure made from Cave Paper treated with foil stamp and metal grommets. Interior pocket "FEAR" and "DOUBT" cards to be used for personal notes.  Standard: Printed on Mohawk Superfine 80# text paper. Delivered flat with instructions to fold into book structure if desired. Wrapper enclosure and pocket cards are not included with the standard edition. Crooked Letter Press: "Talisman is an offering in support of artists and creative people that might be feeling alone in the world these days. Since 2016, as an artist (and as a human being) I have found it difficult to feel motivated while… Read More

Tucson, Arizona:: Beta Wehr,, 2002.. Edition of 50. 5.25 x 8" with 12 pages. Inkjet printed on Neehah Cover Laid paper. Self-enclosed carousel accordion. With metal object to adorn the front cover. In earlier works, Beata Wehr has used metal objects and fragments, she now devotes a whole book to them. The objects are disembodied from other parts that would render them useful, that would explain their functions, some whisper secrets of mechanization. Others are more familiar, like a single mitten clip for a child's coat, a small pulley, a rusted nail. A band of fabric bisects the spread horizontally. Metal and other objects - some natural like a pod, a feather - are sewn or otherwise anchored onto the red band and overflow into the white space. From the bottom of each spread, a pair of hands reaches up toward and behind the collage. The hands suggest creation, manipulation of the environment born of curiosity and need that grew, ultimately, into manufactured objects, literally man factum in… Read More

Rosendale, New York:: Women's Studio Workshop,, 2016.. Edition of 49. 8 x 7.75"; 80 pages. Screen-printed illustrations on newsprint, brown paper, and Seawhite sugar paper. Digitally printed text in 10 point Sans and Adobe Garamond Pro on Mohawk superfine paper. Coptic bound, with a wraparound board cover. Signed and numbered by the artist. WSW: "The Tang of Height was inspired by Phyllida's discovery of recurring appearance of box kites in the biographies of nineteenth-century scholars. Taking that shape as a metaphor for philosophical method and 20th-century thinking, the artist ties together the lives of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Alexander Graham Bell, and Nan Shepherd through archival fragments - images and ideas that resonate. These details connect across disciplines, flickering between the abstract and the particular; the philosophical and the personal - a poetry of facts. The screen-printed illustrations, as inserts, float freely of the text and reveal non-linguistic connections… Read More

Cairo, Egypt :: Islam Aly,, 2023.. Edition of 30 + 5 proofs. Talismanic shirt 39 x 33 inches. Laid in a cloth-covered box 12 x12 x 2 inches. Cyanotypes on fabric, paper, and maps sewn on cotton cloth. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Islam Aly: "'The Tapestry of Dreamweaver' is an artist's book that delves into the realm of dreams and the transformative power of talismanic shirts and constellations. It serves as a visual exploration of the interplay between the ethereal world of dreams and the tangible symbols of protection and empowerment found in talismans. "The work takes the form of a talismanic shirt, crafted using a collage of cloth and paper adorned with imagery of shirts, constellations, and their mystical beliefs. The shirt showcases a unique collection of cyanotype prints on both paper and fabric, featuring a distinctive array of texts, sacred invocations, symbols, magic squares, and seal markings. The incorporation of cyanotype prints imbues the… Read More

[New Paltz, New York]:: Papyrus Productions ,, 2012.. Edition not stated. 9 x 7"; 70 pages. Perfect bound. Glossy covers. Francois Deschamps: "Bamako, Mali, 2010-11. He always rode in the front seat to engage the drivers in conversations, to better see outside, and to examine the items displayed on the dashboard as the crumbling taxis sat stalled in traffic or careened along the dusty city streets. The dashboard became a metaphor for the driver as he negotiates the dangerous and complex roads of the capital. The chance juxtapositions of interior and exterior were a metaphor for Deschamps’ experience in Bamako, inside a mobile cage, close yet separated from the reality outside.

Ballybeg, Grange, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland:: Coracle,, 2013.. 4 x 5.75"; 16 pages. Pamphlet style with saddle stitch binding. In brown paper wrappers. Nancy Kuhl, The Book Remembers Everything: "The Living Locally series celebrates the landscape, culture, and community of Van Horn's adopted home in rural Tipperary, Ireland. …  The 25th in the Living Locally series Van Horn discusses the various aspects of tea culture in her community.  Beinecke Library, Yale University: "Erica Van Horn regularly draws the subject of her work directly from the fabric of her daily life, her domestic and artistic work, the simple household objects at hand, the day-to-day aspects of familiar relationships… Her attention to the 'everyday' is also an act of recording that which is most important to her; Van Horn creates work that serves as an aid to memory and acts as a hedge against the inevitable passing of one day to the next… and celebrates the significant but… Read More

Denver, Colorado:: Judy Anderson,, 2001.. Edition of 7. 4.5" x 4" x 1" closed, extends to 225"; 60 pages. Accordion extending from front pastedown. Signed and numbered by the artist. Judy Anderson: "I have always been fascinated with the complexities of conversations between a woman and a man. That what someone says with words might not be what they really mean to say. In this book, the viewer can "read" the text through symbols or letterforms, constructing their own interpretation of what is really being said."

Irvine, California:: Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli,, 2016.. Edition of 10, second printing. 8" diameter circular flexagon binding with magnet closure. 12 circular leaves with 2" diameter. Materials: Vellum, bristol, Mohab, Entrada, brass. Housed in white clamshell box with magnet closure and paper title label on lid. Blue paper wrapper with artist statement and colophon label adhered to interior of box. Flexagon laid inside wrapper. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon. Amandine Nabarra-Piomelli: "While watching clouds that were passing over the port of Genoa (Italy) I was inspired to create this artist's book. In the midst of thoughts about nature's forces and movements, tragic events in my life let me take stock of my existence. "The movement of the clouds creates an unpredictable and mysterious energy that colors our thoughts. In this atmospheric energy I found the strength to contemplate my past and imagine my future, I even glanced at my horoscope to… Read More

Avoca, Nebraska:: Blue Heron Press,, 2012-2013.. Edition of 100. Small volumes: 8 x 4.25” closed, 8 x 8.5” open (varies by volume). Large volumes: 9.875” x 5” closed, 9.875” x 10.125” open (varies by volume). Processes: monoprint, pochoir, mixed media, letterpress. Papers and font vary by volume. Tacket stitched into bookcloth spine, with intaglio printed paper-covered boards. Each volume numbered. Paper title label and volume label tipped on front board. A series of small books by Karen Kunc featuring monoprints and pochoir. Each volume contains a text excerpt from one of these works: Jorge Luis Borges "The Aleph" (1945); Guillaume Apollinaire "La jolie rousse" (1918); Italo Calvino "Invisible Cities" (1972); Marge Piercy "The seven of pentacles" (1982); Annie Dillard "Teaching a Stone to Talk" (1982). Each one-signature bookwork contains a recto and verso monoprint created by pressure… Read More

Tacoma, WA:: Springtide Press,, 2021.. Edition of 35. 6 x 8 inches, expands to 60 inches. Letterpress printed from single-use plastics and handset type by Jessica Spring. Paper Rite-in-the Rain and Pike. Binding leporello structure with pop-up text panels. Plastic covers. Bound by Jessica Spring & Gabby Cooksey. Signed and numbered by Jessica Spring. Jessica Spring: "'A Sublime Love Story' weaves together a 19th century poem of seduction by Percy Bysshe Shelley, with current research on bisphenol contamination in our environment, food, water and bodies. Used to manufacture plastics and resins for food and drink packaging, bisphenol A (BPA) impacts the endocrine system, impairing development and reproductive health of animals and humans. BPA analogues, including BPE and BPS, are similar reproductive toxicants with transgenerational effects. 19th century writers didn't know synthetic plastic would emerge in 1907 to change the world. Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein',… Read More

Watertown, Massachusetts:: Marcia Ciro,, 2005.. Edition of 8. Three books 6 x 5" closed. Each book opens to 30". Photographs and text printed archival inkjet on Moab paper. Housed in a oval shaped cloth wrap box, open ended. Paper ttile on front in vertical format. Marcia Ciro: "Caring for an aging and ill parent brings a final end to youthful notions of immortality. This book explores dying as a thing not to be feared, but as a welcome release. Playing on the word terminal, meaning 'end' and 'part of an airport,' and using nighttime images of a plane taxi-ing down a runway, the three books in this series progress from words of ending to words of home, as the plane takes off for the heavens. The bookcloth-covered container enfolds the books, while the shape looks like a cross-section of an airplane wing.

[Albuquerque, New Mexico]:: Strong Silent Type Press,, 2023.. Edition of 20. 8 x 10"; 30 pages. Printed in intaglio from polymer plates. Printed on Anigoni papers. Ariel Rounded MT Bold for text font. Codex binding with cloth boards. Illustrated pastedowns. Includes bibliography with data and photo sources. Signed and numbered by the artist. Fred Hagstrom: "''This book is about the experience of the 'nuclear vets', service members exposed to radiation during nuclear bomb testing."  Introduction: "Between 1945 and 1980, the US, USSR, UK, France, and China carried out more than 500 atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons totaling the explosive equivalent of 440 megatons of TNT. These tests injected radioactive material into the atmosphere, much of which were widely dispersed before being deposited as fallout. Cancer investigators have been studying the health effects of radioactive fallout for decades.  "The US conducted 196 atmospheric… Read More

[Albuquerque, New Mexico]:: Strong Silent Type Press,, 2023.. Edition of 22. 13 "x 13.5"; 28 pages. Printed in relief. Ariel Rounded MT Bold Font. Drum leaf binding.{Relief printed free end pages and pastedowns. Relief covers with cloth spine. Signed and numbered by the artist. Sources noted in colophon. Fred Hagstrom: "'Testing: Book Two Downwinders' documents the experiences of residents of the Southwest who were exposed to radiation from 126 atomic bombs detonated at the Nevada test site from 1951 to 1963."  Introduction text: "Radiation from the tests affected the workers on the site, service members ordered to observe the tests from trenches, and citizens in neighboring states - the downwinders." These tests are prime examples of what has become known as collateral damage - "inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations.

Viroqua, Wisconsin:: Heavy Duty Press,, 2013.. Edition of 40. 7.125 x 9.75"; 212 pages. Digitally printed on 80 lb. acid-free paper. Email correspondence set in Calibri. Poems, prose, and transcribed letter set in Century Schoolbook. Journal entries set in Courier. Case-bound with printed end sheets. Illustrated dust jacket collage by Nikki Soppelsa. Photography by Mike Koppa. Signed and numbered. Laid in a signed photograph by Mike Koppa. Heavy Duty Press: "Thawt: noun, A period of simultaneous reflection and new growth following a freeze or hibernation, generally occurring between mid-February and mid-April in the northern hemisphere. His productive year began with a good thawt. "Thawt: book, A chronological collage of content, telling the story of a 60-day collaboration, between Mike Koppa and eleven artists and friends from around the world, during the thawing months of 2013. 'Thawt' is a book about creativity, spontaneity, impulse, and action. The narrative is… Read More

Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada:: Marlene MacCallum,, 2012.. Edition of 100. 9.25 x 8.5"; 28 pages. Hand sewn pamphlet. Images printed in offset lithography on Mohawk Superfine. Text printed in inkjet. Translucent covers with inkjet printed on Glama. Signed and numbered by the artist. Marlene MacCallum: "Theme and Permutation is one of a series of artist's books inspired by the experience of living in Corner Brook's Townsite area on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland. It is s a response to the permutations and variations of the type-4 Townsite House. Digital tools were used to translate the original film source of eight different window images from five houses. The sixteen offset lithographic plates were custom printed in twenty-nine separate press runs. Each image is the result of a different combination of plates. The structure is a sewn pamphlet with translucent covers. The viewer enters the body of the book with a tritone image of a single Townsite window. As one… Read More

Tuscaloosa, AL:: Two Trick Pony Press,, 2018.. Edition of 49. 6.25" x 4.5"; 16 pages. Letterpress printed. Pamphlet bound. Numbered. Signed by Strohmeier and Scarr. Sarah Scarr: "The films in 'There Are No Happy Loves' are fictional. The project is a dream line up of imagined films cast with lesbian icons of film for a fictional film festival. It's literary fan fiction for film obsessed queers. The author sees the overlap of real/imagined as part of the project. I'd say it's in the tradition of Edgar Allen Poe, Borges, and Michael Martone who are all authors that use the format of nonfiction to tell fictional stories. It's meant to be mischievous." Sarah Scarr: "This book is part of the Queer Chapbook Trio published in the summer of 2018. A program for an imagined film festival, fan fiction for all the best lesbian films that never were. This text first appeared in 'Apofenie' on May 4, 2018." "About the author:… Read More

Chicago, Illinois:: Peptic Robot Press.. Edition of 100. 3.75 x 5.5"; 8 pages. A one sheet book letterpress printed in two colors. One of the themes running through Lappie's work is "communicative constipation." He defines that as "the inability to either internally or externally realize one's emotional expressiveness. ... A figurative clogging-up of excessive feelings." In this one-sheet book he profiles Elise, a sufferer of "communicative constipation," a woman who continues to dwell in past memories - reliving, reconstructing, remembering - but not able to move forward constructively.

Glenview, Illinois:: Karen Hanmer,, 2002.. Edition of 20. 7 x 5 x .75" closed; 7 x 5 x26" open. Flag book with archival pigment inkjet prints. Photographs and archival documents pertaining to the Wright Brothers' first manned, powered flight, contrasted with the Gershwin song, They All Laughed, that lists a number of screwball ideas for inventions that became the foundation of modern society.